{"id":1634,"date":"2009-01-09T12:00:24","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2009-10-21T21:56:03","modified_gmt":"2009-10-21T20:56:03","slug":"you-are-the-scorer-number-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/?p=1634","title":{"rendered":"You Are the Scorer: Number 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5684\" title=\"YouAreScorer\" src=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp-content\/YouAreScorer.gif\" alt=\"YouAreScorer\" width=\"473\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/YouAreScorer.gif 473w, https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/YouAreScorer-300x53.gif 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scenario:<\/strong> A runner on first gets caught in a run-down after a pick-off throw from the pitcher to the first baseman. The first baseman throws it\u00c2\u00a0to the shortstop, who throws it back to the first baseman.\u00c2\u00a0The\u00c2\u00a0next throw\u00c2\u00a0from the first baseman, however,\u00c2\u00a0is a wild one, which allows\u00c2\u00a0the runner to reach second. You\u00c2\u00a0feel that the runner could have been\u00c2\u00a0retired in the run-down\u00c2\u00a0with ordinary effort.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the official scorer, with what should you credit the first baseman?<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong> &#8211; An error.<br \/>\n<strong>B<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; An assist.<br \/>\n<strong>C<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0&#8211; An assist and an error.<br \/>\n<strong>D<\/strong> &#8211; Nothing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Highlight the text below to reveal the answer:<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Answer:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\u00c2\u00a0C &#8211; An assist and an error.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rule\u00c2\u00a010.10(a)(1) states:<br \/>\n<em>[The official scorer shall credit an assist to each fielder who]\u00c2\u00a0throws or deflects a batted or thrown ball in such a way that a putout results, or would have resulted except for a subsequent error by any fielder &#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Rule\u00c2\u00a010.12(a)(1) states:<br \/>\n<em>[The official scorer shall charge an error against any fielder]\u00c2\u00a0whose misplay (fumble, muff or wild throw) prolongs the time at bat of a batter, prolongs the presence on the bases of a runner or permits a runner to advance one or more bases &#8230;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scenario: A runner on first gets caught in a run-down after a pick-off throw from the pitcher to the first baseman. The first baseman throws it\u00c2\u00a0to the shortstop, who throws it back to the first baseman.\u00c2\u00a0The\u00c2\u00a0next throw\u00c2\u00a0from the first baseman, however,\u00c2\u00a0is a wild one, which allows\u00c2\u00a0the runner to reach second. You\u00c2\u00a0feel that the runner could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[87],"class_list":["post-1634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-you-are-the-scorer","tag-gbbsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1634"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5703,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1634\/revisions\/5703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballgb.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}